6.2 quake hits western Japan: USGS
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- A strong 6.2 magnitude earthquake hit western Japan Friday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was…
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Africa
African leaders tackle piracy, illegal fishing at Lome summit
Lome, Togo (AFP) - Stemming the astronomical losses caused by crime in the oceans surrounding Africa is the focus of…
8 years ago
Africa unites to battle pirates and illegal fishing
PARIS, France (AFP) -- Africa will come together to battle piracy and illegal fishing for the first time at an…
8 years ago
Germany’s Merkel in Mali hopes to lower migrant numbers
German Chancellor Angela Merkel pledged in Bamako on Sunday (October 9) to help Mali stabilise and develop as she began…
8 years ago
Ghana opposition leader attacks govt economic record ahead of election
Ghana's main opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo launched a blistering attack on the government's economic record on Sunday (October 9) as…
8 years ago
International community slams fresh call for war in S.Sudan
NAIROBI, Kenya (AFP) - The international community on Thursday hit out at a call from South Sudan's rebel leader Riek…
8 years ago
S.Africa students, police clash in campus battle
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AFP) - by Sibongile KHUMALO South African police fired rubber bullets, stun grenades and teargas at student protesters…
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Death toll in migrant ship wreck rises to 202
Thirty-three bodies were recovered on Tuesday (September 27) as a wreck of a boat that sank off Egypt last week…
8 years ago
UN warns ‘large-scale crisis’ possible in DR Congo
KINSHASA, DR Congo (AFP) - by Bienvenu-Marie BAKUMANYA The UN rights chief on Thursday said DR Congo had used "excessive force"…
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Boat carrying almost 600 migrants sinks off Egypt coast, killing at least 43
Forty-three people died when a boat reportedly carrying almost 600 migrants capsized off Egypt's coast on Wednesday (September 21), according…
8 years ago
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